"If the Happy Ship is as suitable for commercial transportation as Philip said, and is vulnerable, what else can Jazz worry about?"

Elizabeth heard a lot about the good ship, and the more she heard, the more she became confused. The good ship sounded good, but seemed easy to deal with under the wind, and people said that the net happiness ships docked at the port of Plymouth.

The only real enemy is the six Garen ships built by the royal family in Plymouth. Although this is heartbreaking, it sounds like a profitable ship shape using the price of destroying and snatching six Garen ships to obtain a commercially profitable ship.

"His Queen, what I worry about is not the happy ship, but their warships. Philip mentioned in the letter that the Ming army's warships were not the happy ship, but the Six Gods."

"Six God Ship?"

This kind of ship with the names of pagans will naturally attract dislike in Europe. Only pagans have so many gods. Elizabeth frowned and said, "They have six gods?"

"No, your highness, in fact, they have twelve martial gods, six ‘Ding gods’ and six ‘A Gods’. This kind of ship still uses their sails. It is said that Chen Mu captured the Spanish Saint-Babulo from the Philippine waters during the Battle of Mingxi, referring to the shape of the ship compounded by the hull."

"It has the advantages of the cheap construction of a lucky ship, the necessary few sailors, and the disadvantage of slow speed; it also absorbs the advantages of the Garen ship's resistance to artillery, multiple decks, multiple artillery, and more sailors; Philip said that because Chen Mu did not pay attention to melee combat in battleships, the ship was not always equipped with marines like our privateers, regardless of the fastest speed, protection ability, number of artillery, and number of marines."

When Hawkins reposted Philip's words without compliments, he had an envy that Elizabeth couldn't understand: "So the Ming warships could not withstand the attack of the large Garen ships under the same tonnage."

Elizabeth blinked, spread her hands, and saw that Hawkins was still immersed in various envy emotions, and finally asked in confusion: "Since their Twelve Divine Ships have so many shortcomings, why do Jazz show that expression, and why should we worry about it?"

Hawkins sighed in his heart, turned his head to the side and breathed a hard sigh. Looking at the court aides gathered in the palace of Greenwich, he turned his head and whispered: "But your Highness, first of all, we do not have the giant Garen ship, only Spain has it. The six-member ships commonly equipped by the Ming army are 150 tons, 400 tons and 700 tons. The smallest one is a threat to all our armed merchant ships."

"The remaining two can pose a threat to our existing six warships."

"They are indeed a little slower, but they have an absolute advantage when the wind direction is complex; their protection ability is not as good as the Garen ship, but they are better than other hulls. Light artillery cannot penetrate the hull; there are few artillery but the sailors have superb artillery skills; their Marines are small, and we don't have Marines on the ship, and the sailors are all professional soldiers. I'm afraid our pirates will collapse in their morale first when fighting on the board."

Hawkins crossed his hands on his chest, and he found that his reposting of Philip's words made the queen misunderstand that Spain was a rich man. Philip could say that the Ming Dynasty's Roches were not good here and what was bad? It was because he had endless money to invest in the war. Spain's coastal shipyards can launch seven or eight giant warships of more than 700 tons every year.

"More important is the cost. The king of Spain also mentioned this in his letter. He hoped that the Pope could order all monasteries in Spain to collect timber taxes to help him build warships. This was the Spanish king after losing the rule of the New World. He still earned a lot of income every year in the Mingxi trade, but shipbuilding still left him with ideas but unable to act."

"Our shipyard also needs to buy wood and make ship materials. The royal family allocated 50,000 pounds to the navy every year. This money is only enough to buy five 500 tons of warships. In fact, it cannot buy five. Because the shipyard cannot build it, the artillery must also be purchased. There can only be two 500 tons of warships and seven or eight smaller warships. Our most main battleship is the 150 tons of Garen ship."

Elizabeth also sighed, and she had no choice. The income from parliamentary tribute, royal territories, tariffs, feudalism, and investment adventures added together was only 250,000 pounds, and it was declining year by year.

To avoid such a bad finance, Elizabeth's court has been forced to take many extreme measures, including selling church and royal land, forcing loans, donations, ship taxes and other methods to raise funds, but these methods will make future incomes less without exception.

The royal family needs too much expense. A large number of jazz and court aides without fiefdoms need royal support. The Protestants in the Netherlands and France also need royal support and face terrifying inflation. Even the 50,000 pounds a year are squeezed out bit by bit after giving up the army.

Hawkins still told the Queen a tragic reality: "One hundred and fifty tons are no different from armed merchant ships."

"But the Spanish king said that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty had much more power than him, and the wood used for shipbuilding did not cost money. They mastered the ability to make cannons with iron, so that artillery would not cost much money. The only thing limiting the number of ships they built was how many ships their shipyard could build. In terms of population, we had six million people; Spain had eight million people; Ming Dynasty... It is said that there were tens of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty. Philip decided not to give up the war in the New World because he lost the war. You also know that Philip would never give up in the Netherlands, and he had unparalleled resilience."

"The reason why he gave up the New World in his letter was that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty suddenly transported 100,000 people to the New World during the war, including citizens, craftsmen, and 100,000 troops." Hawkins breathed a long sigh again: "These 100,000 people defeated Philip's resilience. He said that the emperor could transport 100,000 people this year and 100,000 troops next year, and he could only transport 30,000 troops there at most. It was a hopeless battle."

Elizabeth widened her eyes, raised her hand to cover her mouth before she could hold back and screamed. During the Second War of Mingxi, the emperor immigrated 100,000 yuan to the New World. She had never heard of this before!

That's the population of the whole of London.

Slightly suppressing his inner surprise, Elizabeth said slowly: "A unique method of shock."

"Yes, Your Highness, although Chen Mu explained to the warlike Duke of Alva that a drought occurred in a county in their country, the Duke keenly saw through Chen Mu's nonsense. Now it seems that Chen Mu of the Ming Dynasty is obviously a better warrior than Alva in Spain. Immigration has significantly enhanced Chen Mu's belief in winning and plans to continue the war with Alva."

"They sometimes treat wars without the purpose of winning. The Ming Dynasty had no nobles. The one who replaced the nobles was an official, like a noble but not hereditary. The number of soldiers and generals who killed enemies and cut off their heads was promoted through the battlefield, so their soldiers were even more fierce on the battlefield."

"We build one ship, Spain can build three ships, and the Ming Dynasty may have built twelve ships on its way. If His Highness hopes to end the war with a more gentle means, I suggest sending people to Asia in Ming Dynasty to take back Plymouth through diplomatic treatment."
Chapter completed!